Monterey County · Alvarado (1836–1842)
Rancho Las Coches (1841)
Granted 1841 by Gov. Alvarado to M. J. Soberanes. Present-day Monterey County. 8,794 acres. U.S. land case SD 202: Confirmed.
- Granted
- 1841 by Governor Alvarado
- Grantee
- M. J. Soberanes
- Size
- 8,794 acres, 2½ square leagues
- County
- Monterey County, California
- Period
- Alvarado (1836–1842)
- U.S. land case
- SD 202, Board of Land Commissioners, 1852
- Adjudication
- Confirmed
- U.S. patent
- issued to Maria Josefa Soberanes, Feb. 10, 1917, 8,794.02 acres, General Land Office patent no. 296
Open Las Coches on the interactive boundary map, where the grant is drawn against its neighbours.
Diseños
The hand-drawn grant maps filed with this claim (1 held).
Family
The grantee belongs to the Soberanes family, one of the landholding dynasties of Mexican California.
Sources
- Boundary & land-case data: ECAI/UCSD Spanish & Mexican Land Grants (via the California Land Grants ArcGIS project)
- Land case file SD 202, Bancroft Library (digicoll)
Other grants in Monterey County
- Los Carneros (Mcdougal) (1842)
- Canada De La Carpenteria (1835)
- Saucito (1833)
- Laguna Seca (1833)
- Rincon De Sanjon (1840)
- Punta De Pinos (1844)
- Los Gatos Or Santa Rita (1837)
- Noche Buena (1835)
- James Meadows (1840)
- El Chamisal (1835)
- Canada De La Segunda (1839)
- El Potrero De San Carlos (1837)
- Corral De La Tierra (Mccobb) (1836)
- El Alisal (Hartnell) (1834)